Doctor is treating the tick bite as if it already had the Lyme Disease with an anti-biotic. Hopefully this one won??t try to kill me.
@brad-ott Wishing you the best and hoping it is not bad for you
@bushaxe I use a very fragrant dryer sheet tied to my hat to keep the no-see-ums and flies away. It certainly helps a lot, you might want to try it.
@mike-marks?ÿ For chiggers, take an old sweat sock and fill it about halfway up with sulfur powder.?ÿ Dust yourself from the waist down in the morning and at lunch time.?ÿ I had hell with chiggers until someone gave me that advice.?ÿ I will still get an occasional bite, but I'm not covered from my arm pits to my ankles anymore.
I've had Lyme's for years now. The hardest thing was to figure out if I was getting old or there was something else. A younger buddy mentioned he had and it sounded the same. Got tested and sure enough. Not a bad case though. And it never goes away. Doc's can med the symptoms but it can always come back.
Worst part for me was when I lost the hearing in one ear, I mentioned the Lyme's to the doc and wound up having a spinal tap. Now that was a real fun day and it had nothing to do with my hearing loss.
My doc warned me about unscrupulous medical providers with respect to this disease.
After I learned about this side effect of tick bites, I always get checked.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4235259/
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/alpha-gal-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20428608
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Forget the debilitating disease part--imagine being allergic to steak!
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Hang in there!
I stopped using dryer sheets on my cloths when I discovered how effective they are at repelling nearly all living creatures.?ÿ?ÿ
I got married on horseback in the mountains of Kentucky a few years back.?ÿ Lost the horses, and spent a lot of time on foot through rough country looking for them and picked up a few ticks (found the no good #*&^##! at a pile of deer corn at 2 am).?ÿ After a couple days in the woods, I emerged and found the little buggers, red rings and all.?ÿ Coincidentally, had a lump that started growing in my neck at the same time and went to the VA to get it looked at.?ÿ My Lyme test came back positive and I took the antibiotic regimen, which the doctor said would also cure any STDs if I had any.?ÿ Good news, bad news, ultimately, it was a false positive for Lyme disease but the lump was lymphoma and I spent the next year bald.?ÿ It is a little funny that I took medicine for STDs right after I got married.?ÿ My wife does not think it is funny.
As others have said, don't fool around with Lyme disease. My wife knows a fella who was athletic, good shape, wildland firefighter and he contracted Lyme disease from a tick. Within a year he was in a wheel chair and about 2 years after that he passed...ALL from Lyme disease.
T. Nelson - SAM
I read today (Oil City Derrick) that 58% of the deer ticks in Western PA were testing positive for Lymes disease.?ÿ Not good.
It was actually yesterdays paper.
Feeling like I might be on an upswing after taking a couple doses of the latest antibiotic so far. So far, so good. Thanks.